Steamwebhelper will stop “devouring” memory on Steam Deck. Valve has begun testing an optimization update

Valve continues to improve the Steam Deck software.

Valve has started testing another update for the Steam Deck client. This time, the developers focused on optimizing the “steamwebhelper” process.

List of changes in the May Steam Deck client beta update:

General

• Reduced memory usage by the steamwebhelper process when launching games.
• Fixed an issue where a Steam Deck compatibility warning was displayed instead of a SteamOS compatibility warning when installing games on SteamOS devices.

Desktop Mode

• Reduced memory usage by the steamwebhelper process when entering and exiting Big Picture mode.
• Fixed a rare steamwebhelper crash when entering and exiting Big Picture mode.

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